Gary Wilson
About: Wilson is board chair of the Biodiversity Project, a Chicago-based not-for-profit group specializing in environmental communications. He is a former co-editor of the Great Lakes Town Hall, an online site for commentary and for which he wrote more than 100 opinion pieces from 2006 to 2010. Gary started working on Great Lakes issues in 2002 as a volunteer for the Lake Michigan Federation (now the Alliance for the Great Lakes). There he chaired a volunteer committee, helped pilot an Adopt-a-Beach program and assisted the executive director in working for legislation to clean up the region's toxic hot spots. Gary is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and served as expert commentator for Detroit Public Television’s coverage of Great Lakes Week 2011. Prior to engaging in Great Lakes environmental work, Gary worked for more than 30 years in management positions for United Airlines. He is a life-long resident of the region, was raised in the downriver area of Detroit and has also lived in Cleveland. He now resides near Chicago with his wife, Diane Grimard Wilson, who is a neurofeedback coach and author.
Stories by Gary Wilson:
Great Lakes: A ship with no name in search of a captain (Dec 2 2011)
Environment and the economy: Forward or reverse for the region? (Nov 11 2011)
Environmental justice advocate: Everything isn’t alright – engage (Oct 28 2011)
Windward Shore reflects on “This Land, This Water” (Sep 30 2011)
Keeping public in the dark is no way to protect the Great Lakes (Sep 16 2011)
Carp fight: Stymied in the courts, states widen the scope of the battle (Sep 2 2011)
Water: What motivates us to care? (Aug 19 2011)
Commentary: You can’t paint a town green (Aug 5 2011)
Baseless hyperbole and a disrespectful congressman (Jul 22 2011)
Great Lakes Protection: Feds hit the brakes – states hit reverse (Jul 8 2011)
